Gift Wrapping - Is Lazy Sloppy and Disrespectful?

[dilettante]

Around this time of year many of us face holiday season gift wrapping.

Some things are really awkward to wrap in paper. Sometimes you end up repurposing or buying boxes, then wrapping those. Some things like clothing present better even in a blank short box with a ribbon than saggy paper wrapping. Then there are those printed gift bags.

Ideally we'd probably do the whole boxing, wrapping, adding bands of ribbon, and a bow.

I hate to create excess waste though. How do others feel about this?

 

[hollydolly]

Anything awkwardly shaped goes in a Gift Bag...

 

[dilettante]

I've been using bags as well, but I feel cheap unless I put some colored tissue paper in there covering the gift. Too much?

 

[hollydolly]

I've been using bags as well, but I feel cheap unless I put some colored tissue paper in there covering the gift. Too much?

No that's what you're suppose to do.. some pretty pastel colours for the ladies, and white or blue for the guys......don't feel cheap.. bags , tags and tissues cost more than a sheet of wrapping paper...

 

[birdy]

I admire a gift that's wrapped well. I am terrible at wrapping presents.

 

[hollydolly]

I've been using bags as well, but I feel cheap unless I put some colored tissue paper in there covering the gift. Too much?

there you go... how to make your gift bag..

 

[dilettante]

I can see adults appreciating that, but a toddler? Or am I overthinking this?

 

[hollydolly]

I can see adults appreciating that, but a toddler? Or am I overthinking this?

have you ever seen a toddler trying to open a regular wrapped parcel ?.... get them a little gift bag, they can just whip the tissue off the top

 

[Llynn]

I can actually wrap a package with creativity and flair. Of course the fact I frequently use the daily local fish wrapper as gift paper puts some folks off.

 

[birdy]

I can actually wrap a package with creativity and flair. Of course the fact I frequently use the daily local fish wrapper as gift paper puts some folks off.

That still counts.

 

[hollydolly]

less than one minute to show how to pack a little gift bag with tissue

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Alizerine]

I resisted dollar store shopping until a few years ago when I discovered the inexpensive gift wrap possibilities. Sometimes I make my own tags with clip art, a sheet of card stock and a hole punch.

 

[dilettante]

less than one minute to show how to pack a little gift bag with tissue

So... you box and wrap the gift with a bow, then wrap that in paper, stuff it in a bag, and add several wadded sheets of paper. Got it.

 

[hollydolly]

So... you box and wrap the gift with a bow, then wrap that in paper, stuff it in a bag, and add several wadded sheets of paper. Got it.

*sigh*

 

[Judycat]

I noticed the custom where I live is to put your gift in a gift bag and then stuff tissue paper on top pulling some out so it sticks about 4-6 inches above the top of the bag. I being a rebel won't use tissue paper. I get a gift bag put the gift in and use three pieces of scotch tape to hold the top closed. Then I get one of those loopy ribbons and stick it to the front of the bag. Voilà haha. It isn't easy to open the bag but it looks cleaner than the tissue paper sticking out. I know the clan disapproves, but I'm individual.

 

[dilettante]

Hmm. Maybe I can get a big needle and stitch the bags closed with twine. Just pull it out to open.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Only to people who have nothing better to complain about but the gift bag idea is a grand one.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Hmm. Maybe I can get a big needle and stitch the bags closed with twine. Just pull it out to open.

Or get some nice ribbon.

 

[Murrmurr]

I've been using bags as well, but I feel cheap unless I put some colored tissue paper in there covering the gift. Too much?

Too much what?

In the lean years, I'd wrap Christmas gifts in paper grocery bags and "decorate" them by cutting out the pretty parts of Christmas cards and gluing them on the front. Sometimes I let my kids make the decorations with construction paper and I'd glue those on.

Precision and frills don't matter. The joy of gift-giving is all that counts.

 

[Murrmurr]

Hmm. Maybe I can get a big needle and stitch the bags closed with twine. Just pull it out to open.

That sounds cool. Yarn would work, too.

 

[CallMeKate]

Hmm. Maybe I can get a big needle and stitch the bags closed with twine. Just pull it out to open.

Perhaps you should just give gift cards? JUST kidding!! (But it *would* take away the issue of gift bags or how to wrap something!) @dilettante

 

[Judycat]

Hmm. Maybe I can get a big needle and stitch the bags closed with twine. Just pull it out to open.

Like a big bag of dog food.

 

[debodun]

One year as a project, I had a display of creative gift wrappings on display at a local library.

 

[Remy]

I've been using bags as well, but I feel cheap unless I put some colored tissue paper in there covering the gift. Too much?

No, I think that works.

Those gift bags can also be donated to local thrift stores. I don't know about the big chain ones. But PAWS had a bunch and people buy them.